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List of notable individuals who died in 2019

The following deaths of notable individuals occurred in 2019. Names are reported under the date of death, in alphabetical order by surname or pseudonym.

A typical entry reports information in the following sequence:

Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent nationality (if applicable), what subject was noted for, cause of death (if known), and reference.

April

29

Stevie Chalmers, 83, Scottish footballer (Celtic, national team).
Les Murray, 80, Australian poet.
Josef Šural, 28, Czech footballer (Slovan Liberec, Sparta Praha, Alanyaspor, national team), traffic collision.

28

Sylvia Bretschneider, 58, German politician, member of the Landtag of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (since 1994), cancer.
Wayson Choy, 80, Canadian writer (The Jade Peony, All That Matters).
Svante Grundberg, 75, Swedish actor and comedian (Sällskapsresan, Göta kanal eller Vem drog ur proppen?). (death announced on this date)
Daniel Horlaville, 73, French footballer (Paris, Rouen, national team).
Frans Albert Joku [id], 66, Indonesian activist.
Damon Keith, 96, American judge, member of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (since 1977).
Richard Lugar, 87, American politician, U.S. Senator (1977–2013), mayor of Indianapolis (1968–1976), complications from CIDP.
Maurício Peixoto, 98, Brazilian engineer and mathematician.
Karol Modzelewski, 81, Polish historian, writer, politician and academic.
Genrikh Novozhilov, 93, Russian aircraft designer.
Tales Soares, 26, Brazilian model, heart attack.
Menachem Mendel Taub, 96, Israeli Hasidic rebbe and Holocaust survivor.

27

Bart Chilton, 58, American civil servant, Commissioner of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (2007–2014).
Roger Emrich, 62, American sports broadcaster (KRLD, TSN) and announcer (Dallas Cowboys), heart attack.
Aleksey Lebed, 64, Russian military officer and politician, Head of the Republic of Khakassia (1997–2009), internal bleeding.
Jack de Mello, 102, American composer.
María de los Ángeles Moreno, 74, Mexican politician, Secretary of Fisheries (1988–1991).
Negasso Gidada, 75, Ethiopian politician, President (1995–2001).
Vasanthi Stanley, 56, Indian politician, MP (2008–2014).
Mahfuz Ullah, 69, Bangladeshi journalist and environmentalist, heart and lung failure.
Joe T. Wood, 96, American politician, member of the Georgia House of Representatives (1966–1989).

26

Abdul-Latif Arabiyat, 86, Jordanian politician, speaker of the House of Representatives (1990–1993).
Jimmy Banks, 54, American soccer player (Milwaukee Wave, national team) and coach (Milwaukee School of Engineering), pancreatic cancer.
Elina Bystritskaya, 91, Russian actress (Unfinished Story, And Quiet Flows the Don, All Remains to People), People's Artist of the USSR (1978).
Zé do Carmo, 85, Brazilian ceramist, heart attack.
Povl Falk-Jensen, 98, Danish resistance member during World War II.
Nasser Farbod, 96–97, Iranian political activist and military officer, Chief of Staff (1979).
Jessie Lawrence Ferguson, 76, American actor (Prince of Darkness, Darkman, Boyz n the Hood).
Valeriy Filippov [ru], 80, Russian artist and film production designer (The Brothers Karamazov, The Land of Sannikov, The Cold Summer of 1953).
Phil McCormack, 58, American singer (Molly Hatchet).
Petar Omčikus, 92, Serbian painter.
Ken Rothman, 83, American politician, Lt. Governor of Missouri (1981–1985), member (1963–1981) and Speaker of the Missouri House of Representatives (1977–1981).
Mae Schmidle, 91, American politician, member of the Connecticut House of Representatives (1981–1991).
Ellen Schwiers, 88, German actress (When the Bells Sound Clearly, The Inheritance of Bjorndal, God's Thunder).
Reijo Taipale, 79, Finnish singer, dementia.
C. K. Tedam, 93, Ghanaian teacher and politician.

25

Vidya Sagar Chaudhary, 85, Indian politician.
Robbert de Greef, 27, Dutch road racing cyclist, complications of a heart attack and brain haemorrhage.
John Havlicek, 79, American Hall of Fame basketball player (Boston Celtics), complications from Parkinson's disease.
Frank Henson, 83, British stuntman (Return of the Jedi, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Robin Hood).
Kurohimeyama Hideo, 70, Japanese sumo wrestler, pneumonia.
Larry "Flash" Jenkins, 63, American actor (Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Fletch, The White Shadow), heart attack.
Dirceu Krüger, 74, Brazilian footballer (Coritiba), cardiac arrest.
Manuel Lujan Jr., 90, American politician, Secretary of the Interior (1989–1993), member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1969–1989).
Faty Papy, 28, Burundian footballer (MVV Maastricht, Bidvest Wits, national team), heart attack.
Feargal Quinn, 82, Irish businessman and politician, founder of Superquinn, Senator (1993–2016).
Sir Nigel Seely, 95, English aristocrat.

24

Saleh Ahmed, 83, Bangladeshi actor (Amar Ache Jol, Srabon Megher Din, Aguner Poroshmoni).
Dejan Anastasijevic, 57, Serbian journalist.
Johnny Green, 81, American football player (Buffalo Bills, New York Jets, Toronto Argonauts).
Hubert Hahne, 84, German racing driver, dementia.
Jaroslav Kepka [cs], 83, Czech actor (Who Wants to Kill Jessie?, The End of Agent W4C, Konec básníků v Čechách).
Martin Kilson, 88, American political scientist.
Francisco Lerma Martínez, 74, Spanish-born Mozambican Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Gurué (since 2010).
Abbassi Madani, 88, Algerian Islamic militant and politician, President of the Islamic Salvation Front (1989–1992).
Jean-Pierre Marielle, 87, French actor (Cookies, Without Apparent Motive, The Da Vinci Code).
Zoran Marojević, 76, Serbian basketball player, Olympic silver medalist (1968).
Sergey Pogorelov, 44, Russian handball player, Olympic champion (2000).
Dick Rivers, 74, French rock and roll singer (Les Chats Sauvages), cancer.
Pedro de Saint Germain, 69, Brazilian singer, voice actor and holistic therapist.
Conrado San Martín, 98, Spanish actor (The Princess of the Ursines, The Colossus of Rhodes, Riders of the Dawn).
Michael Wolf, 64, German photographer.

23

Stanislav Bernikov [ru], 65, Russian footballer.
Ravil Bikbaev, 80, Russian poet.
Henry W. Bloch, 96, American businessman and philanthropist, co-founder of H&R Block.
Edward Brooks, 76, American politician, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly (2009–2018), leukemia.
Matthew Buckland, 44, South African internet entrepreneur and businessman, cancer.
Wendelin Enders, 96, German politician, MP (1967–1987).
Mario Fabbrocino, 76, Italian mobster.
Fermo Favini, 83, Italian football player and executive.
Charles Gheerbrant, 94, French politician, Deputy (1993–1997), Mayor of Saint-Nicolas (1973–2001).
George Haigh, 103, English footballer (Stockport County).
Jean, 98, Luxembourgish royal, Grand Duke (1964–2000), pulmonary infection.
Edward Kelsey, 88, English actor (The Archers, Danger Mouse, Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit).
Hauris Lalancette [fr], 86, Canadian politician.
Denton Lotz, 80, American Baptist minister, Secretary of the Baptist World Alliance (1988–2007).
Mark Medoff, 79, American playwright (When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder?, Children of a Lesser God) and screenwriter, Tony winner (1980), complications from a fall.
Voja Mirić, 86, Serbian actor (Death and the Dervish).
Juan José Muñante, 70, Peruvian footballer (Universitario, Pumas, national team), lung cancer.
Johnny Neumann, 68, American basketball player (Memphis Tams, Virginia Squires, Los Angeles Lakers), cancer.
Nils John Nilsson, 86, American computer scientist.
Igor Pervić [sr], 51, Serbian actor.
Tadeusz Pluciński, 92, Polish actor (Westerplatte, Stawka większa niż życie, Czterdziestolatek).
Lorenzo Quinteros, 73, Argentine actor (Man Facing Southeast, A Wall of Silence, Valentín).
Terry Rawlings, 85, British film editor (Alien, Blade Runner, Chariots of Fire), heart failure.
José Rizo Castellón, 74, Nicaraguan politician, economist and lawyer, Vice President (2002–2005).
Peter Skipper, 61, English footballer (Hull City), complications from a stroke.
John Shorter Stevens, 85, American politician, member of the North Carolina House of Representatives (1969–1976).
Charity Sunshine Tillemann-Dick, 35, American soprano singer and presenter, idiopathic pulmonary hypertension.
David Winters, 80, English-American actor and choreographer (West Side Story).
Johan Witteveen, 97, Dutch politician and economist, Deputy Prime Minister (1967–1971), Managing Director of the IMF (1973–1978).

22

Krasimir Bezinski, 57, Bulgarian footballer (CSKA Sofia, Portimonense, national team), colorectal cancer.
Robert L. Butler, 92, American lawyer and politician, Mayor of Marion, Illinois (1963–2018).
Jim Dunbar, 89, American radio program director (KGO).
Dieter Forte [de], 83, German writer.
Heather Harper, 88, Northern Irish soprano, Grammy winner (1980, 1985).
Alojzy Jarguz, 85, Polish football referee, FIFA World Cup (1978, 1982).
Stanisław Jędryka, 85, Polish film director (The Impossible Goodbye).
Simon Kaipuram, 65, Indian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Balasore (since 2013).
Ventseslav Konstantinov, 78, Bulgarian writer, aphorist and translator.
Lê Đức Anh, 98, Vietnamese military officer and politician, Chief of the General Staff (1986–1987), Minister of Defence (1987–1992) and President (1992–1997), complications from a stroke.
John L'Heureux, 84, American author, complications from Parkinson's disease.
Billy McNeill, 79, Scottish football player (Celtic, national team) and manager (Aberdeen), dementia.
John Quinn, 78, Canadian professional wrestler (NWA, WWWF).
Dave Samuels, 70, American percussionist (Spyro Gyra).
Taufan Gama Simatupang [id], 55, Indonesian regent of Asahan.
Greg Theakston, 65, American comics artist (Mad).
Oiva Toikka, 87, Finnish glass designer.
Julio César Toresani, 51, Argentine football player (River Plate, Boca Juniors) and manager (Colón), suicide by hanging.

21

Gaspar Castellano y de Gastón [es], 90, Spanish lawyer and politician, President of the Government of Aragon (1977–1979).
Peter Colotka, 94, Slovak academic, lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the Slovak Socialist Republic (1969–1988).
Hannelore Elsner, 76, German actress (Student of the Bedroom, The Black Forest Clinic, Die Kommissarin), cancer.
Jerusa Pires Ferreira [pt], 81, Brazilian professor, translator (Paul Zumthor) and essayist, Prêmio Jabuti laureate (1993), cancer.
Yasmim Gabrielle, 17, Brazilian singer, suicide.
Steve Golin, 64, American film producer (Spotlight, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The Revenant), Oscar winner (2016), cancer.
David A. Hamburg, 93, American psychiatrist, ischemic colitis.
Aminul Haque, 76, Bangladeshi politician, MP (1991–2006), Minister of Posts and Telecommunications (2001–2006), liver cancer.
Polly Higgins, 50, Scottish environmentalist, cancer.
Horst Kassner, 81, German motorcycle road racer.
Ken Kercheval, 83, American actor (Dallas, Network, The Seven-Ups), pneumonia.
Anders Kihlström, 57, Swedish reality television contestant (Expedition Robinson), heart attack.
Rodrigo Goiana de Lima, 28, Brazilian mixed martial artist, hit-and-run.
Joaquín López Menéndez, 80, Spanish engineer and politician, Mayor of A Coruña (1981–1983).
Quentin Maré, 49, American actor.
Shantha Mayadunne, Sri Lankan chef, bombing.
Geoffrey Servante, 99, British veteran of the Spanish Civil War.
Doreen Spooner, 91, British photographer.
Atli Heimir Sveinsson, 80, Icelandic composer.
Amelia Vargas, 91, Cuban actress (Arroz con Leche, The Phantom of the Operetta, Cleopatra Was Candida) and dancer.

20

Bed Prakash Agarwal, 83, Indian politician, Odisha MLA (1974–1980, 1990–1995, 2000–2004, since 2009).
Enrico Alberto, 85, French-Italian footballer.
Joe Armstrong, 68, British computer scientist, designer of Erlang.
Jarosław Biernat, 58, Polish footballer (Eintracht Frankfurt, SG Union Solingen, SpVgg Bayreuth).
Luděk Bukač, 83, Czech ice hockey player and manager (Sparta Praha).
Reggie Cobb, 50, American football player (Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Green Bay Packers, New York Jets), heart attack.
Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian, 96, Iranian artist.
Karl Grob, 72, Swiss footballer (Zürich, national team), heart failure.
Galina Kmit, 87, Russian photographer.
Braulio Lara, 30, Dominican baseball player (SK Wyverns), traffic collision.
Pedro Matrona, 91, Curaçaoan footballer.
S. Muthiah, 89, Indian historian.
Amar Pal, 96, Indian folk singer, heart attack.
David V. Picker, 87, American film executive (United Artists, Paramount Pictures) and producer (The Jerk), complications from colon cancer.
Jacqueline Saburido, 40, Venezuelan-American anti-drunk driving campaigner, cancer.
Stefanie Sherk, 43, Canadian actress and model.
Valdiram, 36, Brazilian footballer (CR Vasco da Gama), beaten.
Jayne Wrightsman, 99, American philanthropist and fine arts collector.
Wu Yili, 88 or 89, Chinese-Singaporean pianist.

19

Martin Böttcher, 91, German composer, arranger and conductor.
Zora Dirnbach, 89, Croatian journalist and writer.
Renald Knysh, 87, Belarusian artistic gymnastics coach.
William Krehm, 105, Canadian Trotskyist activist and Spanish Civil War veteran.
Philip Liner, 93, British-born New Zealand radio broadcaster (National Radio).
Massimo Marino, 59, Italian television presenter and actor.
Yuriy Pimenov, 61, Russian rower, Olympic silver medalist (1980).
Francis Sanziri, 62, Ghanaian military officer, heart attack.
MC Sapão, 40, Brazilian singer, pneumonia.
Patrick Sercu, 74, Belgian cyclist, Olympic champion (1964).
Rodolfo Severino Jr., 82, Filipino diplomat, Secretary-General of the ASEAN (1998–2002), ambassador to Malaysia (1989–1992), complications from Parkinson's disease.
Verena Wagner Lafferentz, 98, German Wagner family member and associate of Adolf Hitler.
Xiao Yang, 80, Chinese judge, President of the Supreme People's Court (1998–2008), Minister of Justice (1993–1998).
Okiharu Yasuoka, 79, Japanese politician, Minister of Justice (2000, 2008), pancreatic cancer.

18

Con de Lange, 38, South African-born Scottish cricketer (Northamptonshire, national team), brain tumour.
Jameel Jalibi, 89, Pakistani linguist, writer and academic administrator, vice-chancellor of the University of Karachi (1983–1987).
Andrew Mallard, 56, British-born Australian ex-prisoner, wrongfully convicted of murder, hit-and-run.
Lyra McKee, 29, Northern Irish journalist, shot.
Don Melnick, 65, American biologist and conservationist.
Ira Neimark, 97, American retail executive (Bergdorf Goodman).
Iča Putrih, 77, Slovene comedian.
Eddie Tigner, 92, American blues keyboardist, singer and songwriter.
Irina Tsyvina [uk], 55, Russian actress (Yolki-palki).
Andreas Ugland, 93, Norwegian ship's engineer.
Willem Hendrik Velema, 89, Dutch theologian.
Lorraine Warren, 92, American paranormal investigator and author, subject of The Conjuring.
Siegmar Wätzlich, 71, German footballer (Dynamo Dresden, East Germany national team), Olympic bronze medalist (1972).
Zheng Guo'en, 89, Chinese filmmaker and educator.

17

Massimo Bordin [it], 67, Italian journalist.
Peter Cartwright, 78, New Zealand lawyer, viceregal consort (2001–2006).
Chet Coppock, 70, American broadcast journalist (WMAQ, WSNS-TV) and sports talk personality (Sporting News Radio), traffic collision.
Dynand Fariz [id], 55, Indonesian designer.
Alan García, 69, Peruvian politician, President (1985–1990, 2006–2011), suicide by gunshot.
Frederick Hemke, 83, American saxophonist.
Ryszard Kaja, 57, Polish graphic artist.
Kazuo Koike, 82, Japanese manga artist (Lone Wolf and Cub, Lady Snowblood), pneumonia.
Giancarlo Mori [it], 80, Italian politician, President of Liguria (1994–2000) and the Province of Genoa (1985–1990), heart failure.
Jan Naaijkens [nl], 100, Dutch author and theatre director.
Ya'akov Nehoshtan, 93, Israeli politician and diplomat, member of the Knesset (1969–1974), ambassador to the Netherlands (1982–1985).
Folagbade Olateru Olagbegi III, 77, Nigerian ruler, Olowo of Owo (since 1999).
Sir Clive Rose, 97, British diplomat.
James V. Schall, 91, American Jesuit Roman Catholic priest, teacher and writer.
Pieter Verhoeff, 81, Dutch film director (The Dream, The Sunday Child, The Moving True Story of a Woman Ahead of Her Time).
Bradley Welsh, 48, Scottish boxer and actor (T2 Trainspotting), shot.

16

Ferenc Bács [hu], 82, Hungarian actor, Kossuth Prize winner.
Vladimir Boltyansky, 93, Russian mathematician.
Jörg Demus, 90, Austrian pianist.
Dale Denno, 68, American politician, member of the Maine House of Representatives (2016–2019), lung cancer.
Ahmad Eghtedari, 93–94, Iranian teacher, lawyer and writer, complications from lung and kidney deficiencies.
Guro Fjellanger, 55, Norwegian politician, Minister of the Environment (1997–2000).
Jose Mari Gonzales, 80, Filipino actor and politician, pneumonia.
Kent Harris, 88, American songwriter ("Shoppin' for Clothes") and record producer, cancer.
Len Hoogerbrug, 89, Dutch-born New Zealand architect.
Kiyoshi Kawakubo, 89, Japanese voice actor (Gurren Lagann, Bubblegum Crisis).
Bill LeCaine, 81, Canadian ice hockey player (Pittsburgh Penguins).
Abraham D. Mattam, 96, Indian Syro-Malabar Catholic hierarch, Bishop of Satna (1968–1999).
Fay McKenzie, 101, American actress (Down Mexico Way, Heart of the Rio Grande, Breakfast at Tiffany's).
Ignace Murwanashyaka, 55, Rwandan militant, leader of the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda.
Bazilije Pandžić, 101, Croatian historian, archivist and orientalist.
Pete Peterson, 89, American baseball player and general manager (Pittsburgh Pirates).
Juan Francisco Rodríguez, 68, Spanish boxer.
Suzanne Twelftree, 62, Australian Paralympic wheelchair tennis player and powerlifter (1992, 2000).
Xia Suisheng, 94, Chinese surgeon, pioneer in organ transplantation.
Mountaineers killed in the Howse Peak avalanche:

Hansjörg Auer, 35, Austrian.
David Lama, 28, Austrian.
Jess Roskelley, 36, American.

15

Warren Adler, 91, American author (The War of the Roses, Random Hearts), liver cancer.
Gustavo Arias Murueta, 95, Mexican painter, sculptor and poet.
Jerry Clack, 92, American classics scholar.
Marcelo Dascal, 78, Brazilian-born Israeli philosopher and linguist.
Owen Garriott, 88, American astronaut (Skylab 3).
Sithembile Gumbo, 56, Zimbabwean politician, MP for Lupane, traffic collision.
Rex Harry, 82, Australian cricketer (Victoria).
Lloyd James, 82, Bermudian cricketer.
Louise H. Kellogg, 59, American geophysicist.
Aleksandar Kostov, 81, Bulgarian football player (Levski Sofia, national team) and coach (AS Marsa).
Malky McCormick, 76, Scottish cartoonist, vascular dementia.
Sir Roger Moate, 80, British politician, MP (1970–1997), cancer.
Eckhart Mueller, 72, Namibian academic, Executive Director of the Namibian Institute of Mining and Technology.
Pat Murdoch, 67, American judge.
Don Perry, 89, Canadian ice hockey player (New Haven Blades) and coach (Los Angeles Kings).
Les Reed, 83, English songwriter ("It's Not Unusual", "Delilah", "The Last Waltz").
José María Rico, 84, Costa Rican lawyer, First Gentleman (2010–2014), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
Winston L. Shelton, 96, American inventor and entrepreneur.
Joaquim Alberto Silva, 45, Angolan footballer (Alverca, Xiamen Lanshi, national team), heart attack.
Noel Starblanket, 72, Canadian politician, chief of the National Indian Brotherhood (1976–1980).
Joe Terry, 78, American rock and roll singer (Danny & the Juniors).
Dave Treadway, 34, Canadian freestyle skier, skiing fall.
Peter Vatsures, 88, American art director and painter.
Jonathan Wolman, 68, American newspaper editor (The Detroit News, Denver Post) and bureau chief (Associated Press), pancreatic cancer.

14

Bibi Andersson, 83, Swedish actress (The Seventh Seal, Wild Strawberries, Persona), complications from a stroke.
Giuseppe Ciarrapico, 85, Italian politician and football executive, Senator (2008–2013) and President of A.S. Roma (1991–1993).
Colin Collindridge, 98, English footballer (Sheffield United, Nottingham Forest).
David Brion Davis, 92, American historian.
Elma Davis, 51, South African lawn bowler, shot.
Denis Dupéré, 70, Canadian ice hockey player (Toronto Maple Leafs, Washington Capitals, St. Louis Blues).
Nand Lal, 74, Indian politician.
Abdallah Lamrani, 72–73, Moroccan footballer (FAR Rabat, national team).
John MacLeod, 81, American basketball coach (Phoenix Suns, Notre Dame), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
Mirjana Marković, 76, Serbian politician and fugitive from justice, pneumonia.
Bongani Mnguni, 65, South African photographer.
Rakhal Chandra Mohanty [or], 86, Indian music director and singer.
Dmitri Nabokov, 42, Russian ice hockey player (Krylya Sovetov Moscow, Chicago Blackhawks, New York Islanders).
Jacek Namieśnik, 69, Polish chemist, rector of Gdańsk University of Technology.
Neles Tebay [id], 55, Indonesian Roman Catholic priest and West Papuan peace activist, bone cancer.
Dwane Powell, 74, American editorial cartoonist, cancer.
Anne Ware Lewis, 56, American Republican lawyer.
Gene Wolfe, 87, American science fiction (The Book of the New Sun) and fantasy writer (Soldier of Sidon), Nebula (1974, 1981) and multi-Locus Award winner, heart disease.

13

Francisca Aguirre, 88, Spanish poet, Premio Nacional de las Letras Españolas winner (2018).
Donald Ault, 76, American literary scholar.
D. Babu Paul, 78, Indian civil servant, multiple organ failure.
Rodolfo Francisco Bobadilla Mata, 86, Guatemalan Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Huehuetenango (1996–2012).
Tony Buzan, 76, English author and educational consultant.
Wally Carr, 64, Australian boxer, cancer.
Neus Català, 103, Spanish Resistance fighter, Holocaust survivor and political activist.
Mark Connolly, 63, American politician, brain hemorrhage.
S. Thomas Gagliano, 87, American politician, member of the New Jersey Senate (1978–1989).
Paul Greengard, 93, American neuroscientist, Nobel Prize laureate (2000).
Marsha Hanen, 82, Canadian academic, Vice Chancellor of the University of Winnipeg (1989–1999), non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.
Norio Kaifu, 75, Japanese astronomer, director-general of the National Astronomical Observatory (2000–2006), president of the IAU (2012–2015), pancreatic cancer.
Mamman Nasir, 89, Nigerian judge, President of the courts of appeals (1978–1992).
Paul Raymond, 73, English keyboardist and guitarist (Plastic Penny, UFO, Savoy Brown), heart attack.
J. K. Rithesh, 46, Indian actor and politician, heart attack.
S. K. Shivakumar, 66, Indian space scientist, complications from jaundice.
Ján Starší, 85, Slovak ice hockey player and coach.
LeRoy Washburn, 84, Canadian politician, member of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick (1974–1982).
Hubert Wayaffe [fr], 81, French radio personality and disc jockey.
Lydia Wideman, 98, Finnish cross-country skier, Olympic champion (1952).
Yvette Williams, 89, New Zealand Hall of Fame athlete, Olympic (1952) and Commonwealth (1950, 1954) champion.

12

Ivor Broadis, 96, English footballer (Carlisle United, national team).
Alajdin Demiri, 64, Albanian politician.
Dina, 62, Portuguese singer, pulmonary fibrosis.
Georgia Engel, 70, American actress (The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Open Season, Everybody Loves Raymond).
Bobby Gale, 62, Canadian radio personality, traffic collision.
Forrest Gregg, 85, American Hall of Fame football player (Green Bay Packers) and coach (Cincinnati Bengals, Cleveland Browns), complications from Parkinson's disease.
Ronald Paul Herzog, 76, American Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Alexandria (2005–2017).
Ric Holt, 78, Canadian computer scientist.
Johnny Hutchinson, 78, English rock and roll drummer (The Big Three).
John McEnery, 75, British actor (Romeo and Juliet, Nicholas and Alexandra, The Land That Time Forgot).
Norrie Muir, 70, Scottish mountaineer.
Paul Rawlinson, 56, British lawyer, head of Baker McKenzie (since 2016).
Tommy Smith, 74, English footballer (Liverpool, national team), dementia.

11

Thomas A. Abercrombie, 68, American writer, liver cancer.
Alexander V. Acebo, 91, American politician.
Can Bartu, 83, Turkish basketball player (Fenerbahçe, national team) and footballer (national team).
Ivan Boychuk [uk], 67, Ukrainian politician.
Geoffrey Chew, 94, American theoretical physicist.
Ian Cognito, 60, British stand-up comedian, heart attack.
Howard Copeland, 75, American politician, member of the Virginia House of Delegates (1981–1995), chordoma.
Vijay Dev, 78, Indian academic.
Ergo Nõmmiste [et], 62, Estonian physicist.
Jorge Menéndez, 67, Uruguayan doctor and politician, Minister of Defence (2016–2019).
Soni Methu, 34, Kenyan journalist (CNN, CGTN).
Monkey Punch, 81, Japanese manga artist (Lupin the Third), pneumonia.
Mus Mulyadi [id], 73, Indonesian singer.
Roger Paris, French slalom canoeist. (death announced on this date)
Una-Mary Parker, 89, British journalist and novelist.
Stanley Plumly, 79, American poet, multiple myeloma.
Ivan Ponomarenko, 73, Ukrainian opera singer.
Scott Sanderson, 62, American baseball player (Chicago Cubs, Montreal Expos, Los Angeles Angels), agent and broadcaster, cancer.
Dmitri Savitski, 75, Russian writer and poet.
Osamu Sekita, Japanese anime director (Beast Wars II, Cross Game, Strawberry 100%).
Peter Smedley, 76, Australian businessman, Chairman of Arrium.
Gary Stewart, 62, American music executive and archivist (Rhino Records, Apple Inc.).
Max van Weezel, 67, Dutch journalist, pancreatic cancer.

10

Werner Bardenhewer, 90, German Roman Catholic priest and humanitarian, Dean of Wiesbaden (1974–1996).
Randall C. Berg Jr., 70, American attorney, Executive Director of the Florida Justice Institute (1978–2018), ALS.
Drupad Borgohain, 77, Indian politician, MP (1998–2004), kidney disease.
Earl Thomas Conley, 77, American country music singer-songwriter ("Holding Her and Loving You"), cerebral atrophy.
Gennadi Frolov [ru], 81, Russian actor (Battle of Moscow, Plumbum, or The Dangerous Game).
Barbara Marx Hubbard, 89, American non-fiction writer.
Irwin L. Jacobs, 77, American investor (Genmar Holdings, Fishing League Worldwide, Watkins Incorporated), suicide by gunshot.
Claude Lalanne [fr], 93, French sculptor (Les Lalanne).
Javier Muguerza [es], 82, Spanish philosopher.
Boy Roque, Filipino actor, heart attack.
Youa True Joseph Vang, 83, Laotian-born American Hmong military officer.
Walter White, 67, American football player (Kansas City Chiefs), pancreatic cancer.
Estrella Zeledón Lizano, 89, Costa Rican politician, First Lady (1978–1982).

9

Bob Beckett, 83, Canadian ice hockey player (Boston Bruins, Providence Reds).
Petro Benyuk [uk], 73, Ukrainian actor (Famine-33).
Elwyn Berlekamp, 78, American mathematician.
Richard E. Cole, 103, American air force officer, last surviving member of the Doolittle Raid.
Rod Galt, 67, Australian footballer (St Kilda, Carlton), stroke.
Nikolai Gorbachev, 70, Belarusian sprint canoeist, Olympic (1972) and world champion (1974).
Paul Hollander, 86, Hungarian-born American sociologist.
James D. Hudnall, 61, American comic book writer (Espers).
Bhima Mandavi, Indian politician, MLA (since 2019), bombing.
K. M. Mani, 86, Indian politician, member of the Kerala Legislative Assembly (since 1965).
Héctor Rivera Pérez, 85, Puerto Rican Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of San Juan de Puerto Rico (1979–2009).
Jacques Ségui [fr], 80, French journalist.
Paul Severs [fr], 70, Belgian singer.
Marilynn Smith, 89, American Hall of Fame golfer, Titleholders champion (1963, 1964).
Al Staley, 90, Canadian ice hockey player (New York Rangers).
Charles Van Doren, 93, American academic, writer and television quiz contestant, part of the 1950s quiz show scandals.

8

Sheikh Abdul Aziz, Bangladeshi politician, Minister of Information (1973).
Robert Forguites, 80, American politician, member of the Vermont House of Representatives (since 2015).
Rex Garrod, 75, British roboteer (Brum, Robot Wars) and television presenter (The Secret Life of Machines), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
Leif Haraldseth, 89, Norwegian trade unionist and politician, Minister of Local Government (1986–1987).
Huang Yihe, 85, Chinese television director, created the CCTV New Year's Gala.
Josine Ianco-Starrels, 92, Romanian-born American art curator.
Vasily Likhachyov, 67, Russian politician.
Héctor del Mar, 76, Argentine-born Spanish professional wrestling commentator (WWE), heart attack.
Sir Alexander Reid, 3rd Baronet, 86, English aristocrat and public servant.
Gaston Rousseau, 93, French racing cyclist.
Turgeon, 33, French racehorse, Cartier Champion Stayer (1991).
Anzac Wallace, 76, New Zealand actor (Utu) and trade unionist, cancer.

7

Hugo Ballesteros Reyes, 88, Chilean politician, Senator (1969–1977) and Deputy (1957–1965), ambassador to the United Nations, brain cancer.
Michael E. Busch, 72, American politician, Speaker (since 2003) and member of the Maryland House of Delegates (since 1987), pneumonia and nonalcoholic steatohepatitis.
Seymour Cassel, 84, American actor (Faces, The Royal Tenenbaums, Dick Tracy), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
Cho Yang-ho, 70, South Korean businessman (Korean Air, Hanjin).
John William Ditter Jr., 97, American jurist, Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania (since 1986).
Arie Irawan, 28, Malaysian golfer.
Jean Paul Jacob, 81–82, Brazilian-American computer scientist.
Wilbert Keon, 83, Canadian heart surgeon and politician, Senator (1990–2010).
Cees Kick [nl], 82, Dutch football player and trainer (PEC Zwolle).
Víctor Manzanilla Schaffer, 94, Mexican politician and diplomat, Governor of Yucatán (1988–1991), Senator and Deputy, Ambassador to China and North Korea.
Willie McPheat, 76, Scottish footballer (Sunderland, Hartlepool United, Airdrieonians).
Jean Namotte, 84, Belgian politician, Wallonia MP (1995–2004) and handball player.
Mya-Lecia Naylor, 16, English actress (Millie Inbetween, Cloud Atlas).
Neil D. Opdyke, 86, American geologist, heart failure.
Luis Fernando Páez, 29, Paraguayan footballer, traffic collision.
Sandy Ratcliff, 70, English actress (EastEnders).
Billy Rosen, 90, American bridge player, winner of the Bermuda Bowl (1954).
Ahmet Şenol, 93, Turkish Olympic wrestler (1948, 1952).
Lodune Sincaid, 45, American mixed martial artist (WEC, PFC, The Ultimate Fighter 1).
Gino Stefani [it], 89, Italian jazz musician, musicologist and semiologist.
Jan Wraży, 75, Polish footballer (GKS Katowice, Valenciennes, national team).
Xiong Zhaoren, 107, Chinese major general.

6

Shirin Akiner, 75, Uzbek academic.
Jarkyn Balykbaeva, 76, Kyrgyz actress (Pure Coolness).
Romus Burgin, 96, American World War II veteran and author.
Paul J. Coleman, 87, American space scientist.
Jack Corrin, 87, Manx jurist and politician, First Deemster (1988–1998).
Louis Crump, 102, American politician, member of the Texas Senate (1959–1967).
Jim Glaser, 82, American country music artist ("You're Gettin' to Me Again"), heart attack.
Richard Green, 82, American sexologist and psychiatrist.
Fritz Hollings, 97, American politician, member of the U.S. Senate (1966–2005), Governor of South Carolina (1959–1963).
Toyin Kawojue, 62, Nigerian television broadcaster (Lagos Television) and journalist, stroke.
Lin Mingyu, 81, Chinese politician, Party Secretary of Haikou, Vice Chairman of Hainan People's Congress and CPPCC.
Olli Mäki, 82, Finnish boxer, European amateur champion (1959), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
Lloyd McDermott, 79, Australian rugby union player (national team), nation's first indigenous barrister.
Nadja Regin, 87, Serbian actress (From Russia with Love, Goldfinger, Runaway).
George Edward Rueger, 89, American Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Worcester (1987–2005).
Tele Samad, 74, Bangladeshi actor and comedian.
Ángel Sertucha, 88, Spanish footballer (Osasuna, Athletic Bilbao, Sabadell).
Mike Sheppard, 82, American baseball coach (Seton Hall Pirates).
Marshall M. Sloane, 92, American entrepreneur.
David J. Thouless, 84, British physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (2016).

5

Anandavally, 67, Indian actress (Amba Ambika Ambalika, Sree Murukan, Swarna Gopuram) and voice actress.
Sydney Brenner, 92, South African biologist, Nobel Prize laureate (2002).
Julio Cotler, 86, Peruvian anthropologist.
Ib Glindemann, 84, Danish jazz composer and bandleader.
Nikolay Kovalyov, 69, Russian politician, Director of the Federal Security Service (1996–1998).
Nina Lagergren, 98, Swedish activist, co-founder of the Raoul Wallenberg Academy.
Gianfranco Leoncini, 79, Italian footballer (Juventus, Atalanta, national team), leukaemia.
Pastor López, 74, Venezuelan singer-songwriter, stroke.
Ly Tong, 73, Vietnamese-American anti-communist activist, lung failure.
Trevor McKee, 81, New Zealand Thoroughbred trainer (Sunline).
Berto Pelosso [it], 85, Italian screenwriter.
Samuel Pilafian, 69, American tuba player, colon cancer.
Lasse Pöysti, 92, Finnish actor.
John Quarmby, 89, English actor (Fawlty Towers, K-9 and Company, A Christmas Carol).
Shawn Smith, 53, American singer, songwriter and musician (Brad, Satchel, Pigeonhed), torn aorta and high blood pressure.
Elriesa Theunissen-Fourie, 25, South African cricketer (national team), traffic collision.
Davey Williams, 66, American avant-garde guitarist (Curlew) and music critic (Birmingham News), cancer.
Wowaka, 31, Japanese Vocaloid producer and vocalist, heart failure.

4

Francesco Amendolagine, 35, Italian handball player, heart attack.
Cesare Cadeo, 72, Italian television presenter and journalist.
Alberto Cortez, 79, Argentine singer and songwriter, gastric haemorrhage.
Georgiy Daneliya, 88, Russian film director and screenwriter, People's Artist of the USSR (1989), acute respiratory and heart failure.
Đồng Sĩ Nguyên, 96, Vietnamese military officer and politician, Deputy Prime Minister (1982–1991).
Ray Harper, 91, New Zealand rugby union executive (Rugby Southland) and manager (national team), bone cancer.
Roberta Haynes, 91, American actress (Return to Paradise, High Noon, Gun Fury).
Mike Jakubo, 71, Canadian ice hockey player (Los Angeles Sharks, Fort Wayne Komets, Virginia Wings), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
Barry Malkin, 80, American film editor (The Godfather Part II, Big, Rumble Fish).
Thompson Mann, 76, American swimmer, Olympic champion (1964).
Marilyn Mason, 93, American concert organist and academic (University of Michigan).
Tiger Merritt, 31, American singer and guitarist (Morning Teleportation).
Ivan Mrázek, 93, Czech basketball player and coach, European champion (1946).
Alessandro Pizzorno, 95, Italian sociologist.
Arthur Polonsky, 93, American painter.
Louis Rosenblum, 95, American research scientist and activist.
Shridhar Sathe, 68, Indian-born American food scientist.
Myer Skoog, 92, American basketball player (Minneapolis Lakers).
John Winneke, 81, Australian judge.

3

Ferdinando Bologna, 93, Italian art critic.
Mary Borgstrom, 102, Canadian potter and ceramist.
Meyer Brownstone, 96, Canadian anti-poverty activist (Oxfam Canada).
Aleksey Buldakov, 68, Russian actor (The Guard, Peculiarities of the National Hunt, Hitler Goes Kaput!), blood clot.
Jean-Louis David [fr], 85, French entrepreneur.
Philip Furia, 75, American author.
Guo Kun, 83, Chinese Antarctic explorer, director of the Great Wall Station and the Chinese Arctic and Antarctic Administration.
Daryl Hecht, 66, American judge, member of the Supreme Court of Iowa (2006–2018), melanoma.
Einar Iversen, 88, Norwegian jazz pianist and composer.
Mabô Kouyaté [fr], 29, Burkinabé actor.
Jacqueline Lichtenstein, 72, French philosopher and art historian.
Billy Mainwaring, 78, Welsh rugby union player (Aberavon, Bridgend, national team).
Gabriel Piroird, 86, French Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Constantine (1983–2008).
Maurice Pon, 97, French lyricist.
Carmelita Pope, 94, American actress (A Streetcar Named Desire).
W. Wesley Pue, 64, Canadian lawyer.
Jerzy Wójcik, 88, Polish cinematographer.
Josip Zovko, 48, Croatian actor.

2

Matoug Adam, 88–89, Libyan politician, Minister of Tourism (1968–1969) and Interior (1969).
Rovshan Almuradly, 64, Azerbaijani actor, director and screenwriter, heart attack.
Herman Braun-Vega, 85, Peruvian painter.
Rick Elias, 64, American musician (A Ragamuffin Band), brain cancer.
Kim English, 48, American house and gospel singer-songwriter, kidney failure.
Michael Fahy, 78, Irish politician, Galway County Councilor (since 1979).
Martin Fido, 79, British crime writer, fall.
Rolf Håndstad [no], 60, Norwegian comics writer (Pyton), cancer.
Ken Hay, 85, American religious leader, founder of The Wilds Christian Association.
Bill Heine, 74, British radio broadcaster (BBC Radio Oxford), leukaemia.
Jón Helgason, 87, Icelandic politician, MP (1974–1995), Minister of Justice (1983–1987) and Agriculture (1987–1988).
Harry Judge, 90, English educational theorist.
Musharrafa Kosimova [tg], 101, Tajik stage actress.
Mahendran, 79, Indian film director (Mullum Malarum, Nenjathai Killathe, Kamaraj) and actor.
Jamshid Mashayekhi, 84, Iranian actor (Brick and Mirror, The Fateful Day, Abadan).
Nikolay A. Sazhin [ru], 70, Russian artist.
Rosemarie Springer, 98, German Olympic equestrian (1960).
Andrzej Trzos-Rastawiecki [pl], 85, Polish film director.
Sergio Valdés, 85, Chilean footballer (Universidad Católica, national team), leukaemia.
Franz Weber, 91, Swiss environmentalist.
Don Williamson, 85, American businessman (Brainerd International Raceway) and politician, mayor of Flint, Michigan (2003–2009), complications of respiratory illness.

1

Dixie Allen, 84, American politician.
Enrique Álvarez Conde, 67, Spanish academic (King Juan Carlos University), lung cancer.
Giacomo Battaglia, 54, Italian comedian, complications from a stroke.
Bill Butchart, 85, Australian middle-distance runner.
Sardar Fateh Buzdar, 79–80, Pakistani politician, member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab (1985–1988, 2002–2013).
Caravelli, 88, French conductor and composer (And Satan Calls the Turns).
Dimitar Dobrev, 87, Bulgarian wrestler, Olympic champion (1960).
Michael William Feast, 92, British-born South African astronomer.
Sinethemba Jantjie, 30, South African footballer (Free State Stars), traffic collision.
Joan Jones, 79, American-born Canadian civil rights activist.
Romano Marchetti, 106, Italian partisan.
Francisco Massiani, 74, Venezuelan writer and painter.
Vonda N. McIntyre, 70, American science fiction author (Dreamsnake, The Crystal Star), pancreatic cancer.
Vladimir Orloff, 90, Romanian-Canadian cellist and music teacher.
Yisroel Avrohom Portugal, 95, American rabbi, Rebbe of Skulen (since 1982).
Ruth-Margret Pütz, 89, German coloratura soprano.
Dan Robbins, 93, American commercial artist, created paint by number.
Rafael Sánchez Ferlosio, 91, Spanish writer, Cervantes Prize winner (2004).
Dilip Sarkar, 61, Indian politician, liver and kidney disease.
Ron Sweed, 70, American television host, heart attack.
Joseph Ubalde, 34, Filipino weatherman (AksyonTV), news producer (GMA News) and columnist (The Manila Times).
Armando Vega Gil [es], 64, Mexican writer, composer, and bassist (Botellita de Jerez), suicide by hanging.
Vodka, 14, Japanese racehorse, laminitis.
S. Pierre Yameogo, 63, Burkinabé film director and screenwriter (Delwende).

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